Chattanooga, Tennessee Historical Markers

May this sculpture serve to honor the countless generations of native Americans who for 10,000 years lived in this place.
"Among these people every man is a king unto himself and no man is above any other," (Jesuit Relations, c.1640)
"They are . . . — — Map (db m36276) HM

10th Ohio Infantry.
Headquarters, Gen. George H. Thomas.
Lieut. Col. William M. Ward.
Nov. 25, 1863.
This regiment was attached to the headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland, together with the First . . . — — Map (db m24029) HM

John Ross was the grandson of John McDonald and the son of Daniel Ross natives of Scotland and partners in a trading post established at Rosss Landing. He dedicated himself to the education of the Cherokee Nation. JOHN ROSS is called the greatest . . . — — Map (db m36278) HM

In May 1836, the United States Senate ratified the Treaty of New Echota by the margin of a single vote and set in motion the forcible removal of the Cherokee nation to the west. In 1838, the U.S. Government removed more than 16,000 Cherokee and . . . — — Map (db m69239) HM

The first bridge crossing of the Tennessee River at Chattanooga was erected in 1864 under the order of Montgomery Meigs, Quartermaster General of the Union armies. This clearing highlights the alignment where the wooden bridge, with its trestled . . . — — Map (db m84271) HM

[Front - Top of Marker]:
This regiment formed the extreme left of Jonson's Division, 14th A.C. and gained the crest of the ridge at this point. Their colors being the first over the Confederate works south of Bragg's Headquarters. . . . — — Map (db m91363) HM

1st Ohio Sharpshooters.
Headquarters Gen. George H. Thomas.
Capt. Gershom M. Barber.
Nov. 23, 1863.
This command served at the Headquarters of the Army of the Cumberland.
It was composed of the Fifth . . . — — Map (db m81679) HM

[Front/East Side of Monument]:Erected
By
The State Of
Minnesota
1893[Right/North Side of Monument]:
The Second Minnesota
Regiment of Veteran Volunteer
Infantry, deployed as skirmishers, . . . — — Map (db m44375) HM

38th Ohio Infantry.
Phelp's Brigade, Baird's Division, 14th Corps.
Major Charles Greenwood,
November 25, 1863.
During the forenoon of the 25th the Division was sent to Tunnel Hill to the support of General . . . — — Map (db m87274) HM

46th Ohio Infantry
Corse's Brigade, H. Ewing's Division, 15th Corps.
Colonel Charles C. Walcutt.
November 25, 1863.
This Regiment with its Brigade moved down the slope of the hill next north of this position . . . — — Map (db m70712) HM

69th Ohio Infantry
Stoughton's Brigade, Johnson's Division, 14th Corps.
Major James J. Hanna.
November 25, 1863.
This regiment, with Company I thrown out as skirmishers, advanced upon the earthworks at the . . . — — Map (db m87229) HM

Upper Text on Monument:
The 73d Regiment originally known as the 45th Pennsylvania was recruited in Philadelphia; organized August 8th, 1861, entered the service September 19th, 1861; and was attached to the Army of the Potomac. After . . . — — Map (db m44231) HM

...we walked by a corduroy road two or three miles across the spit of land enclosed by the bend in the river.
Henry Y. Thompson
November 24, 1863
The road trace you see before you is rich with history. In 1805, the . . . — — Map (db m84233) HM

Abby C. Milton of Chattanooga was a leader in the womens suffrage movement in Tennessee. The campaign culminated in a vote by the Tennessee Legislature in 1920 to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. . . . — — Map (db m74631) HM

November 23d, 1863, under instructions from Gen. Grant to ascertain whether the Confederates still occupied the valley, Gen. Thomas disposed forces in front of Fort Wood, the site of which is now marked by the stand-pipe of the water works.
The . . . — — Map (db m58999) HM

During the night of Nov. 23, 1863, Gen. Sherman crossed the Tennessee at the mouth of the Chickamauga, under orders to carry the north end of Missionary Ridge to the railroad tunnel. He seized the ground now known as Sherman Heights and held it . . . — — Map (db m59018) HM

During the night of Nov. 24, 1863, Bragg's forces withdrew from the plain and Lookout and joined those on Missionary Ridge, occupying it from Rossville to Tunnel Hill, and a spur thence eastward to the Chickamauga. Sherman early on the 25th . . . — — Map (db m81651) HM

On the morning of November 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Union army began its attack against Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederates who occupied this ridge and the slopes below. After unsuccessful attacks on the northern end of the ridge, and . . . — — Map (db m38954) HM

Born in Chattanooga to black parents, her great talent and determination earned her the title "Empress of the Blues." Death came in a tragic automobile accident in Clarksdale, Miss. In her memory, Columbia Records erected a tombstone with the . . . — — Map (db m13895) HM

Established 1817 by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, it played an important part in the educational development and Christianizing of the Cherokee. Brainerd Cemetery contains graves of whites and Indians who died at the . . . — — Map (db m1986) HM

Camp Contraband was the name given to an encampment that existed on this site during the Civil War. The camp was a haven for a large number of refugees, most of whom were liberated slaves seeking safety within the Union lines. The former slaves were . . . — — Map (db m84273) HM

To the east, at the mouth of Chattanooga Creek, was this supply base for Tennessee troops during the Creek War of 1812-13. The river here forms Moccasin Bend in its efforts to break through the mountains. — — Map (db m4495) HM

Carver Memorial, a hospital for Negroes, opened on June 18, 1947, in the Old West Ellis Hospital Building. Named for George Washington Carver, this health-care facility is said to have been the first municipally-owned, tax-supported hospital in . . . — — Map (db m4478) HM

Established on this site, Aug. 2, 1862, by Franc M. Paul, it was published in three states, five towns and, for several months, in a boxcar traveling with Confederate armies. Later editors were Henry Watterson and Albert Roberts. Usually, it was the . . . — — Map (db m13779) HM

The first public high school in the city and county, it was organized Dec., 1874, in the Second District School on College Hill, following classes started by then superintendent, Henry D. Wyatt, in his office a year earlier. First graduation was in . . . — — Map (db m74671) HM

Founded as a church school about 1865, Howard School was the first free public school, black or white, established in Hamilton County. Incorporated into the city school system in 1873, Howard School was established by the Rev. E. O. Tade, a black . . . — — Map (db m13934) HM

National Cemetery
Gen. George H. Thomas established a cemetery here on December 25, 1863, "to provide a proper resting place for the remains of the brave men who fell upon the fields" of Chattanooga.
The grounds, some 120 acres . . . — — Map (db m103304) HM

Chattanooga, a city of historical significance from the Civil War Battles through both World Wars, has seen many people travel through its valley. The popular Glenn Miller tune of the 1940's has forever made famous this railway station that is known . . . — — Map (db m84291) HM

In June, 1837 the fifty-three householders living on the two hundred forty acres bounded by Tennessee River. Georgia Avenue, Ninth Street and Cameron Hill elected commissioner to represent them in securing legal title to their individual parcels of . . . — — Map (db m36279) HM

In 1835 a log structure near the corner of Fifth and Lookout Sts, served this area as schoolhouse, church, and community center. Community leaders met here in 1838 and selected "Chattanooga" as the name for the Future city. The official act was . . . — — Map (db m13896) HM

Battles were fought in and around Chattanooga primarily for control of the railroad network. By 1861, the city had become one of the South's most important rail hubs. The lines that crossed here connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Tennessee River . . . — — Map (db m84292) HM

Controlling the river and railroad junction at Chattanooga was important to both North and South during the war. As a Confederate general noted, Chattanooga "commands important passes into Georgia and Alabama, and would enable the enemy ... to cut . . . — — Map (db m48198) HM

General Ulysses S. Grant's plan for lifting the siege of Chattanooga called for the Union Army of the Tennessee under General William T. Sherman to cross the Tennessee River and strike the Confederate Army's flank on the northern end of Missionary . . . — — Map (db m70678) HM

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